§ 5-2.206. Massage Business Permit—Grounds for Suspension and Revocation.

The Chief of Police, or his designee, may suspend and/or revoke a Massage Business Permit issued under this Chapter for one (1) or more of the following reasons:

A.

A Massage Business Permit was obtained with fraudulent or deceitful information.

B.

A Massage Business Permittee violated a provision or provisions of this Chapter or the Massage Therapy Act or some other state or federal law. Including a violation of Penal Code sections 243.4, 261, 266a through 266j, inclusive, 267, 288, 314 to 316 inclusive, 318, 647a, 647b,647d, 647i, 647j, any offenses requiring registration under Penal Code section 290 or Health and Safety Code section 11590; any felony offense involving the possession for sale, sale, transportation, furnishing, or giving away of a controlled substance specified in Health and Safety Code sections 11054 to 11058, inclusive, as amended; any offense in another state which if committed in California, would have been punishable as one (1) or more of the offenses mentioned here, any offense involving the use of force or violence upon the person of another, or any offense involving the use of force or violence upon the person of another, or any offense involving theft, embezzlement, or moral turpitude;

C.

The massage establishment is not being maintained in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the Massage Therapy Act (Business & Professions Code Sections 4600-4621, any other provision of the Modesto Municipal Code or any other local, state or federal law and the Massage Business Permittee has failed to promptly remedy any deficiency for which they have received notice.

D.

The massage business has knowingly employed, allowed, or permitted a person who was not certified by CAMTC to perform massage services at the massage establishment.

(Added by Ord. 3642-C.S., § 1, effective 3-24-16)